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Facebook has shut down a fairly prominent Pakistani Taliban Facebook site, according to a recent Washington Post report by Caitlin Dewey. The social media presence of U.S.-labeled terrorists has exploded over the l...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba on Tuesday for a recurring bout of cancer, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said.

Big data is a big deal, but it means nothing if no one can make sense of it. But Jer Thorp can. More About: Dev & Design, Leaders in Design Series, big data, data visualization, features, mashable

Sometimes, there's not a whole lot we can add to a story besides saying, "Just watch the video." This, as you might have gathered, is such a time. Recently, at a wheelchair basketball game in Turkey between two heated ri...

Sunderland snapped a four-game winless run with a 3-0 defeat of Reading at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday, bringing the Black Cats out of the relegation zone.James McClean and Steven Fletcher gave Sunderland a two-goal ...

Remember last week, when Braylon Edwards said some nasty things about the New York Jets' management when he took to Twitter to defend Mark Sanchez? I believe he referred to those "calling the shots" as "idiots." Surely, ...

HSBC, the British banking giant, was accused of transferring billions of dollars for sanctioned nations and facilitating Mexican drug cartels to launder tainted money, among other offenses.

Tennessee running back Chris Johnson has reached another career milestone in an otherwise bleak losing season for the Titans.

Baltimore Ravens rookie cornerback Asa Jackson has been suspended for four games for violating the NFL's policy on performance enhancing substances.

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When Marquette coach Terri Mitchell picked up the phone to talk with Tyler Summitt about the opening on her staff, it figured to be little more than a courtesy call.

Millions of Americans are headed for an extremely disappointing retirement because they aren't putting enough money away in their 401(k) plans and aren't managing these plans effectively. The answer to this problem lies ...

As Northrop Grumman Chairman & CEO Wes Bush completes his third year at the helm of the storied military contractor, he has good reason to be satisfied with what he has accomplished.  Although all of the big def...

All is quiet on the Northern California front. The students at rival schools Stanford University and UC Berkeley are momentarily holding back their jabs at one another and instead focusing on similar issues on their resp...

Stargazers are about to get their annual celestial treat: A bright meteor shower, the Geminids, will grace skies worldwide this week, with a peak in activity on Thursday.

Celebrities flocked to Miami Beach for this weekend's annual Art Basel contemporary art fair. It was rumored Beyoncé and Jay-Z would be making an appearance, but it proved reality as the power couple  touched down ...

Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to the University of Oregon throughout his life.  While he thoroughly enjoys the university's sports programs and has donated a ...

Matthew Egerton applied for unemployment insurance as soon as he lost his health care administration job at the very end of 2010. The Virginia Employment...

Commentary: How to avoid supersizing your kids — an issue faced even my parents who’ve kept their kids fast-food-free through toddlerhood.

Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will officially meet Wednesday to discuss their production ceiling and while they aren’t expected to offer any surprises, they’ll certainly h...

Mr. Tanger is the head of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, a real estate investment trust that has an interest in 43 outlet shopping centers in the United States and Canada.

Charles Dickens' classic story, long an English staple, has become a mainstay for regional theaters all over the United States.